Cloudcuckooland

Cloudcuckooland Artist: The Lightning Seeds
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 077778733225
EAN: 0077778733225
ASIN: B000025JR8


Release Date: 2002-08-06

Cloudcuckooland


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Tracks:

  1. All I Want
  2. Bound In A Nutshell
  3. Pure
  4. Sweet Dreams
  5. The Nearly Man
  6. Joy
  7. Love Explosion
  8. Don't Let Go
  9. Control The Flame
  10. The Price
  11. God Help Them

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Amazon.com

The Lightning Seeds are actually a single seed, Ian Broudie, who sprouted from the same scene in Liverpool, England, as Echo & the Bunnymen and Icicle Works. <I>Cloudcuckooland</I> contains distant hints of Echo, especially in the guitar track on "Pure." But this album is much more liquid than anything the Bunnymen ever created. <I>Cloudcuckooland</I> is entirely programmed, with an overlay of acoustic rhythm guitar. Broudie's vocals approach a falsetto that Brit-pop fans will find soothing and others might find wimpy. These are entirely pleasant, full-bodied pop songs that are not at all demanding or raw, but too well composed and produced to be called bubblegum. <I>--Beth Bessmer</I>

Album Description

UK pressing. Rare original 1990 UK Ghetto issue 11-track CD album, in picture sleeve with lyrics. EMI. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Most Americans still don't know this band...........2006-06-02

What a shame, they're really missing out. Anyway, I got this CD as a bargain for a buck in NYC (after having listened to one song in a britpop compilation), and I've been hooked ever since. They're a very light and happy band. Great to listen to when you just feel like chilling and relaxing. Fave songs: All I want, Pure, Sweet Dreams, the nearly man, and don't let go.

5 out of 5 stars Those were the days.................................2005-09-09

This cd is a masterpiece that brings me right back to my high school crush, and riding my bike on those hot summer days. The melody and lyrics of this cd are what road trips, late nights, and moments to remember are made of. I am guilty of enjoying this cd because of the nostalgia it brings, but I guarantee it will create the same feelings down the road for you if you buy it. The tunes are upbeat, lyrics creative, and the vocals are solid. Pick it up!

5 out of 5 stars ALBUM DE TECHNO-TOUCH.......2005-06-02

Definitivamente este album nos trae recuerdos y similitudes con Echo & The Bunnymen y probablemente hasta más significativamente con Icicle Works.....sin embargo si escuchas bien, las notas se acercan más a un techno-new wave más actualizado (claro al momento de su salida al mercado).

Creo que a los fans del movimiento post-punketo convertidos a la onda wave, y que no llegaron a considerar este trabajo dentro de su colección melómana...aún es tiempo, Ian Broudie nos demuestra su calidad musical en este trabajo de gran valía, no por nada a la fecha continúa produciendo a más de un músico en nuestra actualidad.

Saludos desde la fronteras zapopanas.

Mork

5 out of 5 stars A Hero For the Wallflowers.......2004-02-18

I am deeply disappointed that we in the States did not do justice to The Lightning Seeds. We fork out millions for unimaginative techno, yet let the beauty of Ian Broudie go unheeded. It's our loss.

Cloudcuckooland came out when I was a non-descript freshman in high school. He became my hero. I mean, look at him. He's not exactly Ricky Martin. Yet he wrote about wistful, unrealized longings that spoke to me as I tried to craft an identity among 1,500 other equally confused souls.

"Pure" was antithetical to the "I'm Gonna Sex You Up" mentality of the day. I think purity is a decent word to define the message of The Lightning Seeds (which is also why he was probably ignored). "Sweet Dreams" and "The Nearly Man" were just a few of the many brilliant songs he composed.

Okay, "Frenzy" was a stinker, but hey! It's the only one. It's hard to think about my youth without calling to mind sitting in my bedroom on a cold December night, listening to the encouragement of Ian Broudie--urging me to find the purity in someone, and not to take it away. If you ever battled loneliness as a youth--or even now--you may find your spirits lifted by Cloudcuckooland.

4 out of 5 stars

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  1. Guitar Tribute to Gun's N Roses ~ Various Artists
  2. Dirty Words ~ Departure
  3. BBC Sessions + ~ Faust
  4. Feeding Frenzy ~ Darediablo
  5. Bustin' Surfboards '98 ~ The Tornadoes
  6. Radio Days - '80s Pop ~ Various Artists
  7. L'Autre Et Sans ~ Et Sans
  8. Blueprint ~ Jet Set Satellite
  9. Like a Smoking Gun in Front of Me ~ Franklin Delano
  10. Sedatif en Frequencies et Sillons ~ Fly Pan Am

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Alem Do Veu de Maya ~ Tribo de Jah

20 Exitos De Musica Nicaraguense ~ Various Artists

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Mods Est Records ~ Mods